That is the question - or at least, it'll do until next week.
Where to begin writing a book?
We say - anything is preferable to a blank sheet of paper. [Blank screen, surely? Ed.] To a blank screen. So start by starting. Write down an idea, a first sentence, the name of a character, a chapter head if you're writing fact.
But write. You haven't started if it's still in your head.
If you're writing fact, start with a contents page. It's a great way of sorting out the logical order of whatever you're trying to say. Or start with something else, but, y'know, giving you a hint here.
If you're writing fiction, start by starting. Simple as that. Write something in the knowledge that you can cross it out later. Idea, first sentence [You've said this - Ed.] or whatever else might come to you. Doesn't have to be the right thing, the best start, the perfect time to start, anything. How about now?
Because there is an enormous difference between having nothing and having started. Take the first step - take any step, in any direction.
We'll come back to this.
[Not a bad start. Sort out "begin" and "start". And you need to come clean about your motive. But at least you've got this project started, eh? Ed.]
Where to begin writing a book?
We say - anything is preferable to a blank sheet of paper. [Blank screen, surely? Ed.] To a blank screen. So start by starting. Write down an idea, a first sentence, the name of a character, a chapter head if you're writing fact.
But write. You haven't started if it's still in your head.
If you're writing fact, start with a contents page. It's a great way of sorting out the logical order of whatever you're trying to say. Or start with something else, but, y'know, giving you a hint here.
If you're writing fiction, start by starting. Simple as that. Write something in the knowledge that you can cross it out later. Idea, first sentence [You've said this - Ed.] or whatever else might come to you. Doesn't have to be the right thing, the best start, the perfect time to start, anything. How about now?
Because there is an enormous difference between having nothing and having started. Take the first step - take any step, in any direction.
We'll come back to this.
[Not a bad start. Sort out "begin" and "start". And you need to come clean about your motive. But at least you've got this project started, eh? Ed.]
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